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Sergei Gonchar's 1997-1998 season

Points
21
NHL#282
Goals
5
NHL#330
Assists
16
NHL#232
Plus/minus
+2
NHL#228
Games
72
87%
87% of 82

Defenceman Sergei Gonchar was 23 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 72 of a possible 82 games and scored 5 goals and 16 assists for 21 points, 0.29 points per game. In the playoffs he played 21 games for 11 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Sergei Gonchar plays the 1997-1998 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Sergei was 23 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Sergei Gonchar's season starts in game 6 of 82

    Washington Capitals have played 5 games5 of 82 without him
    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:21TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0CHI
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–3PHX
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL4–3WSH
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG11:53TOI
      View the game
    • November 1997
    • The game
      WSH1–3NJD
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG20:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–2WSH
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–2BOS
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3FLA
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG05:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1PIT
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP14:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:52TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8213 of 21 played
      2
      points
      NHL#416
      1
      goals
      NHL#294
      1
      assists
      NHL#419
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#77
      WSH
      12-7-0W-L-OT26Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL6–6WSH
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG14:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–2WSH
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2FLA
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG17:59TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5WSH
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG17:47TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3OTT
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG17:43TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–1BOS
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:40TOI
      View the game
    • December 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      W
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG16:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–3WSH
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5FLA
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG12:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–3SJS
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–6ANA
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP05:11TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2LAK
      game 33/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG22:34TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2WSH
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–0WSH
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG21:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1CAR
      W
      game 36/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–1WSH
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1WSH
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–0WSH
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:53TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8232 of 41 played
      8
      points
      NHL#321
      3
      goals
      NHL#287
      5
      assists
      NHL#315
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#161
      WSH
      18-15-0W-L-OT44Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–2WSH
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5WSH
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG22:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG25:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–4WSH
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG28:26TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–2DET
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG25:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT0–4WSH
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:54TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3WSH
      W
      game 48/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2TBL
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG28:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG26:09TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2NYR
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP30:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–2WSH
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG32:40TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2PHI
      W
      game 53/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG31:28TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      DET4–2WSH
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-7SOG29:02TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2PIT
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG31:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3WSH
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3WSH
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP24:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5TBL
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG24:31TOI
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF3–0WSH
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–0WSH
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      L
      game 61/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG23:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–6WSH
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG05:19TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8253 of 62 played
      17
      points
      NHL#253
      4
      goals
      NHL#312
      13
      assists
      NHL#211
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#63
      WSH
      27-24-0W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY2–5WSH
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG21:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–4OTT
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX1–2WSH
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR0–1WSH
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP07:10TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD0–2WSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4EDM
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG18:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3CGY
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG19:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2VAN
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP25:48TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      TBL1–4WSH
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG23:18TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–3WSH
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2DAL
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG30:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHI
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP27:55TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0NYI
      W
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 80/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG22:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–2WSH
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:20TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Sergei Gonchar closes the 1997-1998 season with 21 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    21
    NHL#282
    Games
    72of 82
    88%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#330
    Assists
    16
    NHL#232
    P/GP
    0.29
    NHL#307
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#228
    Events
    50
    career assists
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

    WSHvsBOS
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BOS1–3WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG23:59TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG33:02TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP37:12TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–0BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG25:16TOI
      View the game
    • May 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS4–0WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG26:51TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG36:44TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    WSH4–2BOS
    Advance
    6Games5Points4Goals1Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet Ottawa Senators

    WSHvsOTT
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      OTT2–4WSH
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG29:30TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      OTT1–6WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP30:08TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      WSH3–4OTT
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP26:27TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0OTT
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP29:01TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 5
      OTT0–3WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP30:21TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Second round

    Washington Capitals knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1

    WSH4–1OTT
    Advance
    5Games5Points3Goals2Assists
    8 days later
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals meet Buffalo Sabres

    WSHvsBUF
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BUF2–0WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG25:36TOI
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG34:35TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      WSH4–3BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG31:49TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG28:03TOI
      View the game
    • June 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF2–1WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG31:36TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG32:46TOI
      View the game
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    WSH4–2BUF
    Advance
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Washington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings

    WSHvsDET
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH1–2DET
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG27:28TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH4–5DET
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-4SOG1PPP36:20TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      DET2–1WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG25:17TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      DET4–1WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG28:38TOI
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

    WSH0–4DET
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Sergei Gonchar ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 11 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    11
    NHL#18
    Games
    21
    Goals
    7
    NHL#3
    Assists
    4
    NHL#42
    P/GP
    0.52
    NHL#42
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#53
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff assists
    10
    playoff goals
    6 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    BOS4–2→OTT4–1→BUF4–2→DET0–4